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Daily Mayo

Daily Mayo

Daily Mayo

The best bits of Simon Mayo's afternoon show on BBC Radio 5 live which covers news, sport, film, music and more. For more information and the podcast Terms of Use go to www.bbc.co.uk/5live.

Mayo: Delia Smith, 26 Nov 09

Delia Smith, she's sold 21 million copies of her books world wide and this week she's published her latest book of recipes, 'Delia's Happy Christmas'
20 hours ago

Mayo: Karren Brady, 25 Nov 09

Karren Brady, former managing director of Birmingham City talks to Richard Bacon about her new role on BBC1's The Apprentice and her involvement in England's 2018 World Cup bid.
2 days ago

Mayo: Bernard Cribbins, 24 Nov 09

Richard Bacon is sitting in for Simon Mayo. He talks to Bernard Cribbins who's about to receive a Children's Bafta award.
3 days ago

Mayo: Christopher Lloyd, 24 Nov 09

Richard Bacon sits in for Simon Mayo and talks to Christopher Lloyd about his latest role Santa's Buddies and the rest of his career.
3 days ago

Mayo: Alice Cooper

Rock legend Alice Cooper has enjoyed a career spanning four decades with over fifty million album sales to his name. He joins Richard Bacon ahead of his Theatre of Death UK tour, and talks about everything from his hell-raising reputation to his love of ...
4 days ago

Mayo: Richard Linklater / Zac Efron and Christian McKay

Director Richard Linklater has a new movie out next month - Me and Orson Welles. Simon also spoke to the stars Zac Efron and Christian McKay.
7 days ago

Mayo: Stephen Poliakoff & Bill Nighy

Stephen Poliakoff and Bill Nighy talk about their new film "Glorious 39". A story of secrets, lies and intrigue in an aristocratic family, set against the backdrop of Neville Chamberlain's attempts to appease Hitler on the eve of the World War.
7 days ago

Mayo: Jenson Button, 19 Nov 09

F1 World Champion Jenson Button gives his first radio interview since his move from Brawn to Mclaren and discusses his new book "My Championship Year".
1 week ago

Mayo: David Branchflower

David Blanchflower is a former member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee. He consistently voted to cut interest rates despite the high inflation at the time, and opposition from his colleagues on the MPC. He's now an economics professor at ...
1 week ago

Mayo: Nicholas Parsons

TV and Radio legend Nicholas Parsons
1 week ago

Mayo: Omid Djalili, 16 Nov 09

Comedian Omid Djalili joined Simon to discuss, amoungst other things, his new DVD 'Live In London'.
2 weeks ago

Mayo: Mark Knopfler

Widely acknowledged as one of the best guitarists of all time, Mark Knopfler made his name as the lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for legendary rock band Dire Straits. Since the group split in 1995, he's kept himself busy producing albums, ...
2 weeks ago

Mayo: David Tennant

He's a respected stage actor who has performed in numerous starring roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company - culminating in a recent Hamlet performance, which earned rave re. It's as arguably the most popular of the new-generation of Dr Whos, though, ...
2 weeks ago

Mayo: Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine talks about his new film Harry Brown.
2 weeks ago

Mayo: Bill Bailey 11 Nov 09

The comedian and musician tells Simon about his new DVD, Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra, and his new TV programme, Bill Bailey's Big Bird Watch, which starts in January.
2 weeks ago

Mayo: Andy Hayman 10 Nov 09

Until last year, he was the most senior policeman in charge of the UK's counter terrorism policy and operations. Andy Hayman was the Met's terror chief during the July 2005 attacks on London. Simon spoke to him about his new book "The Terrorist Hunters: ...
2 weeks ago

Mayo: Chris Evans, 09 Nov 09

Chris Evans, the soon-to-be host of Radio 2's breakfast show, joins Simon to talk about his new autobiography.
3 weeks ago

Mayo: Jon Ronson 06 Nov 09

Jon Ronson's book The Men Who Stare At Goats has been made into a movie starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. Jon spoke to Simon and Mark.
3 weeks ago

Mayo: Taylor Branch, 05 Nov 09

Taylor Branch talked to Simon about his new book 'The History Tapes: Wrestling History In The White House' - which is based on 79 secret interhe carried out with Bill Clinton after being asked to write the record of his presidency.
3 weeks ago